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A father cooks with his family on an induction stove. The building electrification movement has been gaining steam as a major climate and clean air solution. (Halfpoint Images / Getty Images)
From the Experts: Victory October 2, 2026

Go Zero and Go Home

Tantrums from the merchants of combustion won’t stop the shift to heat pumps and inductions stoves in the nation’s smog capitol.
An inversion layer traps a low level of smog and particulates above Oakland, California on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Paul Chinn / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 30, 2026

Mandatory Environmental Review of Large Coal Projects in California To Become Law

Governor Newsom signs into law AB 40, the Community First Coal Review Act
A family cooks on an induction stove. (Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 30, 2026

California Passes the Home Energy Choice Act

AB 2313 gives Californians the option to install non-polluting appliances with the help of funds that would otherwise have been used to replace the old gas line to their home
Electric buses at their charging stations during LA Metro’s tour and presentation about their bus electrification process given to the LA County Electric Truck and Bus Coalition at the El Monte Station in El Monte, California, on August 21, 2026. (Hannah Benet for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory September 24, 2026

LA Metro Approves Purchase of 220 Non-Polluting Electric Buses

Landmark investment is second largest electric transit bus purchase in the nation
The J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in West Olive, Mich. Consumers Energy had planned to retire the plant on May 31, 2025, but President Trump ordered it to keep operating. (Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 11, 2026

Trump Administration Loses First Court Case Challenging DOE Orders for Coal Plants

Court rules against the DOE order for the J.H. Campbell coal power plant in Michigan
Press Release: Victory September 10, 2026

Colorado PUC Strengthens Black Hills Clean Heat Plan, Requires Beneficial Electrification Offerings for Customers

Decision ensures customers of one of CO's largest gas-only utilities have access to the same opportunities to electrify their homes
Duwamish River Community Coalition Clean Air Program Manager and Climate Policy Analyst, Mia Ayala-Marshall, speaks during a protest in front of the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency as they fight a permit modification proposal that would allow the Ash Grove Cement Company to burn more tires at its facility along the Duwamish Waterway in Seattle on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (Jason Redmond for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory September 9, 2026

Community Voices Drive Major Win for Health Equity and Pollution Prevention in Seattle’s Duwamish River Valley

Advocacy and litigation by the Duwamish River Community Coalition and Front and Centered, plus heavy metals testing requested by the community, resulted in a victory reinstating a cap on tire…
A bison roams on the American Prairie Reserve, a massive prairie-based nature reserve in northeastern Montana being developed by the American Prairie Foundation. (Ami Vitale for Earthjustice)
Press Release: Victory September 4, 2026

Court Decision Prevents Trump Admin from Removing More Than 900 Bison from Federal Land

Earthjustice and Cochenour Law filed for preliminary injunction for American Prairie in August
There are only seven species of sea turtles in the world, and all sea turtles found in U.S. waters are protected by the Endangered Species Act. (sdbower / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory September 1, 2026

U.S. Appeals Court Rules to Protect Imperiled Sea Turtles from Drowning in Fishing Nets

Court rejects Louisiana Shrimp Association attempt to exempt shrimp boats from using Turtle Excluder Devices
Lau'ipala (yellow tang fish) swim in a coral reef off the island of Lānaʻi, Hawaii. Reefs are essential to biodiversity, with 25% of all marine species found in, on, or near them. Healthy reefs also facilitate subsistence and commercial fishing, and they protect people from storm surges and floods, absorbing up to 97% of a shorebound wave’s energy. Around a billion people benefit from reefs. (M Swiet Productions / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 28, 2026

Hawai‘i Land Board Rejects Move To Reopen Commercial Aquarium Fish Collection

Decision marks a turning point in the long-running effort to protect Hawai‘i’s native reef fish from commercial capture and sale
Elevated view of freight cars with coal in Nebraska, North Platte. (Joseph Sohm-Visions of America / Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 28, 2026

State Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Environmental Review of Large Coal Projects in California

AB 40 awaits Governor Newsom’s signature in order to become law
Farmers work at Providence Farm Collective in Orchard Park, New York. Providence Farm Collective, a plaintiff in the USDA grant termination lawsuit, helps both new and established farmers grow food for the surrounding community. (Photo courtesy of Providence Farm Collective)
Update: Victory August 28, 2026

Victory: Court Restores Grants That Trump’s Agriculture Department Yanked From Farmers and Community Groups

Earthjustice's clients will use these grants to work toward a healthier nation and a fairer food system
Firefighters walk through foam used to extinguish a four alarm fire in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston in 2018. Firefighting foam is one source of PFAS contamination in the environment. (David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Press Release: Victory August 18, 2026

Court Upholds Rule Designating Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous Substances

Last year EPA reaffirmed its rule, however industry and association groups challenged the designations
The sun rises over Matagorda Bay in Texas. (ImageTek / CC BY 2.0)
Press Release: Victory August 13, 2026

Court Blocks Oil Export Project in the Gulf of Mexico

A federal appeals court rejected federal approval for the Texas GulfLink project; the same project secured $2 billion in funding through Trump’s trade deal with Japan
Fish swim around staghorn coral colonies in the Florida Keys. (Fish and Wildlife Research Institute / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Press Release: Victory August 13, 2026

Conservationist Lawsuit Alerts to Rare Coral Peril; U.S. Corps of Engineers Halts Fort Lauderdale Dredging

Silt and sediment threatens imperiled staghorn coral and queen conch
Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

EPA Debe Reevaluar Requisitos de Calidad del Aire en el Valle de San Joaquín de California

La Agencia de Protección Ambiental no logró responsabilizar al estado a que protegiera la salud pública ante la contaminación del aire
Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

EPA Must Re-Evaluate Clean Air Requirements in California’s San Joaquin Valley

The Environmental Protection Agency failed to hold the state accountable to protect public health from polluted air
"The people of the Mariana Islands will fight to protect our homes and our way of life as hard as we must and for as long as we must," said Jerome Kaipat Aldan, former mayor of the Northern Islands. (Pågan Island, ca. 1970. Courtesy of Cinta Kaipat)
Press Release: Victory August 6, 2026

U.S. Navy Scales Back Destructive Live-Fire Training in Northern Mariana Islands

Robust public input and disclosures hold the Navy to limited training on only one island